Irish Government to fund Erasmus for NI Students

Today the Irish government confirmed that they will provide permanent funding to allow students in Northern Ireland to access the Erasmus+ scheme.

MP for Belfast South and Member of the UK Trade and Business Commission, Claire Hanna said,

“Taking the UK out of Erasmus was an ideologically driven and unnecessarily mean move by the British Government towards young people during the Brexit negotiations.

“It’s extremely positive that the Irish Government is giving this opportunity back to students in Northern Ireland and Rishi Sunak should do the same for those in Scotland, Wales and England and introduce a wider youth mobility scheme for under-35s.”